Tag: texas

Want to learn what Wildlife Rehab is all about or continue to develop your animal care skills? For recent college graduates or individuals looking to explore a career in wildlife rehabilitation, WRR offers an Intro to Wildlife Rehabilitation Apprenticeship program. Apprentices in this program complete six weeks of combined classroom and hands-on practical training to learn the natural history, diets, enclosure setups, and care protocols of many of the most common native species we see including small mammals, songbirds, fawns, waterfowl, and turtles.

This position assists and is supervised by the Director of Administrative Services. Its role includes research, analysis, planning, development, implementation, administration and continuous improvement of Alternative Transportation programs and services at Rice University. This position also assists the Director of Administrative Services in overseeing the day-to-day operation of alternative transportation services such as car-share, campus shuttle service, emergency ride home program, car-pooling, van-pooling and bicycle programs.

Alternative Transportation Programs support the University’s high quality learning environment. The goals of the programs include reducing the number of employees and students driving alone to campus, reducing traffic congestion, and improving the quality of the campus environment. To achieve these goals the Director of Administrative Services, with assistance from the Transportation Department Management (TDM) Coordinator, Parking Manager and Transportation Manager identifies long-term planning strategies, develops and implements fiscal incentives, and promotes commuting alternatives to driving alone to campus. This position is a key member of the Parking and Transportation team within Rice University.